Litigation

The wide array of aspects involved in representing clients before courts and various legal tribunals, in every litigation case, requires multidisciplinary expertise and often combines legal and commercial knowledge across different fields.

The work of our firm's Litigation Department is based on meticulous preparation, identification of the interests of all parties involved in the proceeding (and sometimes of third parties as well), and uncompromising professionalism. Our expertise is grounded in many years of experience managing litigation proceedings before various judicial instances and in dispute resolution through arbitrations and mediations, in cases involving commercial entities, cooperative societies, municipal bodies, governmental institutions, and private parties.

Striving for the Best Outcome

Our firm's Litigation Department is staffed by experienced litigators who map out the full range of considerations and strive for the optimal outcome for our clients. Cases at our firm are managed directly by the firm's partners and senior attorneys, who chart the course, implement creative solutions, and conduct multidisciplinary brainstorming sessions. Gaining a comprehensive picture and mapping out the interests of all parties to the proceeding enables us to fully realize our clients' rights and lead to the best outcome for them, at the optimal timing, before all relevant judicial instances and tribunals.

Litigation Department – Key Solutions

Our firm specializes in managing complex commercial cases across a wide range of fields, including corporations, contracts, real estate, intellectual property, planning and construction, defamation, class actions, derivative suits, media, securities, banking, white-collar crime, labor, shareholder disputes, claims against officers, and more. In addition, our firm specializes in managing administrative proceedings, filing administrative petitions before administrative courts and the Supreme Court (High Court of Justice) on a wide range of matters, including extensive expertise and experience in the fields of tender law, local authorities, and planning and construction law. Furthermore, our Litigation Department has expertise in managing legal proceedings in the field of cooperative societies, including representation of kibbutzim, moshavim, and commercial cooperative societies, both before the courts and before the Registrar of Cooperative Societies. This expertise is based on a deep and longstanding familiarity with the various aspects of cooperative societies law.

Among Our Clients

Our firm's Litigation Department has rich experience representing a long list of clients, from Israel and abroad, including local and international companies, private and public companies, large municipalities, planning and building committees, municipal and governmental corporations, banks (in Israel and abroad), investment funds, cooperative societies, associations, and individuals. Representing such a diverse range of entities — commercial, municipal, and individual — allows us to step into the shoes of each party in the litigation process, understand their perspective and the interests and considerations guiding them, and strive for the best solution for our client.

Rankings

The firm is consistently ranked in litigation rankings, including being rated by BdiCode as a leading firm in the field for 2022. The Litigation Department is led by Adv. Eviatar Knoller, the firm's founder with approximately 30 years of experience managing litigation proceedings, and Adv. Liat Keinan, a partner with approximately 20 years of experience managing litigation and dispute resolution proceedings.